Smoker&#39;s article



Dec. 1 1925- C. M. ADLER SMOKERS ARTICLE Filed Sept. 26, 1923 PatentedDec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATS CYRUS M. Amen, or-onrcaeo, rumors.

SIVIUKERS ARTICLE.

Application filed September 26, 1923. Serial No. 664,837.

To all 407mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYnUs M. ADLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Smokers Articles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is broadly to eliminate a waste attending theuse of tobacco.

It is a habit of the average smoker to en joy tobacco in some preferredform when ever the opportunity to do so offers itself even when it isknown that for lack of time a comparatively small portion of the cigarette or the like can be consumed and the remainder must be thrown away.As cigarettes and the like are usually of standard lengths, this habitleads to much waste.

My invention contemplates the provision of a cartridge comprisingtobacco, from which cartridge a cigarette or the like of any desiredlength may be severed so that a consumer may use a length which willmeet his immediate desires or meet the circumstances attending at anycertain time.

Other objects of my invention will become apparent as the detaildescription prgrosses, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a smokers article embodying thenovel features of my invention.

2 is an end elevation of the smokers article shown in Fig. 1, a portionof a certain incasing member being broken away to illustrate certainfeatures of my invention, and

Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 33 of In the specific embodiment of myinvention which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, thereference character 10 designates, in its entirety, a casing ofsubstantially cylindrical form. The casing is adapted to hold acartridge 11 which, in this instance, comprises a tubular container 12of paper or the like, the container being filled with a suitable mixtureof tobacco as indicated at 13. It will be noted that the cartridge 11 iscoiled upon itself or, as it may be said, is arranged in a substantiallyspiral form. I find that by so arranging the cartridge in spiral formwithin a substantially cylindrical casing, a package is obtained fromwhich the cartridge may be easily withdrawn without injury thereto. Asshown in Fig. 2, the substantially cylindrical peripheral wall 14 of thecasing 10 is provided with an opening 15 which is formed by displacing aportion of the wall so that it projects inwardly of the casing andprovides a spiral passage forming a support 16 for the outer end. of thecartridge 11. A knife 17 is hinged to the casing at 18 and is adapted toform a closure for the opening 15. The sharpened. edge of the knife mayenter an aperture 19 formed in the support 16 for a purpose which willpresently appear. The knife 17 may be brought into the positionindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, but a leaf spring 20 secured to thecylindrical wall 14 of the casing tends to hold it in the position shownin full lines (Fig. 2).

It is apparent that if the knife is brought into and held in theposition indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the outer end of thecartridge 11 may be seized to permit withdrawal of so much of thecartridge as is desired. That portion of the cartridge which has beenwithdrawn from the casing may then be severed by means of the knife 17from that portion of the cartridge remaining within the casing. Theouter end of that portion of the cartridge which re mains within thecasing 10 will then be clamped against the support 16 by the knife 17through the medium of the spring 20, and it is there ore held in aposition wherein it can be readily seized when another portion of thecartridge is to be withdrawn from the casing.

From the above description of the specific embodiment of my inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, it will be readily understoodthat a plurality of cigarettes may be severed from the cartridge 11 andthat each cigarette so severed from the cartridge may be of a lengthwhichwill meet the immediate wishes of the smoker. Also it will bereadily understood that there need be no Waste of tobacco when anembodiment of my invention is employed in place of the usual package ofcigarettes of equal lengths. While I prefer to coil the cartridge uponitself in the manner illustrated in the drawing, I reserve the right todispose the cartridge within the casing in any suitable manner as I amaware that changes in the form, construction and arrangement of partsmay be made without departing from the spirit and withoiit' sacrificingthe advantages of the invention; I also reserve the right to make allsuch changes as fairly fall Within the scope of the following claims,

I claim:

1. A smokers article comprising a cylin drical casing, a spiral passagetherein and terminating near the peripheral Wall thereof, aknife hingedto said peripheral Wall and-adaptedfo close said. passage, and a springnormally holding said knife in p0sition to close said passage;

2. A smokersarticle embodying an incasing member, a cartridge positionedtherein, said cartridge being coiled upon itself 'andadapted to beWithdrawn in indeterminate .,lengths flOlIlgSiliCl incasing member, asupport carried by said lncasing member for -one endofsaid cartridge, aknife hinged to CYRUS M. ADLER.

